New York, California, Connecticut, et al., Amici Curiae
Barbara D. Underwood, Counsel of Record
New York, California, and Connecticut are joined in this brief by eight other States. Barbara D. Underwood has served as solicitor general for New York since January 2007. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26, 2012. States have broad authority to enact and enforce laws affecting all persons within their borders, including documented and undocumented immigrants, in the manner that best accommodates local concerns. Federal immigration law does not preempt that authority generally, notwithstanding Congress’s comprehensive regulation of immigration — particularly when a State law…
